Odell Glacier
The Odell Glacier is a glacier draining northeast between Allan Hills and Coombs Hills into the upper Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Noel Odell, who was a mountaineer and was professor of geology at the University of Otago from 1950 to 1955.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scythian Nunatak.
Scythian Nunatak
The Allan Hills are a group of hills, mainly ice free and about 12 nautical miles long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in the Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica. Scythian Nunatak is situated 4 km west of Odell Glacier.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halle Flat and Shimmering Icefield.
Halle Flat
Locality
The Allan Hills are a group of hills, mainly ice free and about 12 nautical miles long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in the Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica. Halle Flat is situated 8 km north of Odell Glacier.
Shimmering Icefield
Locality
The Allan Hills are a group of hills, mainly ice free and about 12 nautical miles long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in the Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica. Shimmering Icefield is situated 9 km northwest of Odell Glacier.
Odell Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,781 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Odell Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Odell Glacier”
- Chinese: “奧德爾冰川”
- French: “glacier Odell”
- French: “Glacier Odell”
- German: “Odell-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון אודל”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Odell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Odellbreen”
- Swedish: “Odell Glacier”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scythian Nunatak and Roscolyn Tor.
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